Ice agents detain Tufts graduate student over proPalestinian activism
Mar 26, 2025
Video shows DHS officials wearing masks partially covering their faces while detaining Rumeysa Ozturk in the streetRumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student in Boston detained on Tuesday by federal immigration agents in response to her pro-Palestinian activism, was on Wednesday evening being detained at th
e South Louisiana Ice processing center, according to the government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detainee locator page.The transfer of Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, appeared to violate a federal court order from Tuesday, which directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Ice to give the court 48 hours’ notice before attempting to take her out of Massachusetts. Continue reading... ...read more read less